Mergers & Acquisitions

  • January 24, 2025

    Norway's Orkla Selling Hydropower Portfolio In $545M Deal

    Norwegian industrial investment company Orkla said Friday it has agreed to sell its entire hydropower portfolio in two separate transactions that value the portfolio at NOK 6.1 billion ($544.9 million).

  • January 24, 2025

    EU Approves Int'l Paper's $7.2B DS Smith Deal With Fix

    European enforcers said Friday they have approved International Paper Co.'s planned £5.8 billion ($7.2 billion) purchase of fellow packaging provider DS Smith PLC conditioned on the sale of several factories in regions where they currently overlap.

  • January 24, 2025

    Chinese Co. Buys Stake In Amp Maker Marshall In $1.2B Deal

    Chinese private equity firm HongShan Capital Group has agreed to purchase a majority stake in the Marshall Group, in a deal that values the maker of guitar amplifiers and speaker cabinets at EU1.1 billion ($1.16 billion), Marshall said Friday. 

  • January 24, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Latham, Simpson Thacher

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, a Brookfield private real estate fund acquires Divvy Homes' property portfolio and platform, Kantar Group proposes the sale of Kantar Media, and an Ares Management-led group buys a majority of Form Technologies Inc.'s common equity.

  • January 24, 2025

    'Secret Plot' Drove Perella Weinberg Split, Judge Hears

    A New York state judge heard dueling claims of deception on Friday as counsel for investment banking firm Perella Weinberg and a group of former partners each accused the other of a "secret plot" that violated their partnership agreement, kicking off a trial centering on a sudden split in the firm a decade ago.

  • January 24, 2025

    Trump Treads Into Murky Waters With TikTok Gambit

    Nearly five years after he sought to kill the social media platform TikTok, President Donald Trump has opened his second term with a legally questionable bid to save it, cloaking the app's future in the U.S. market in even more uncertainty.

  • January 24, 2025

    2 Firms Guide Monte Dei Paschi's €13.3B Mediobanca Bid

    Italian lender Monte dei Paschi, said to be the world's oldest bank, launched a €13.3 billion ($14 billion) takeover offer for rival Mediobanca SpA on Friday in the latest move to consolidate Italy's banking sector.

  • January 23, 2025

    Conn. Lawmakers Target Healthcare After Hospital's Ch. 11

    In the lead-up to and aftermath of California hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc.'s $1 billion bankruptcy, Connecticut lawmakers are considering new regulatory powers, promising and penning oversight bills for hospitals owned by private equity firms and real estate trusts while seeking to stabilize the state's healthcare markets.

  • January 23, 2025

    Chancery Tosses Suit Challenging $10.2B Zendesk Sale

    Rejecting stockholder claims of misstated or omitted deal terms, a Delaware vice chancellor on Wednesday dismissed a suit accusing managers of software-as-a-service venture Zendesk Inc. of taking the company private at a $10.2 billion price far below earlier offers.

  • January 23, 2025

    FTC Chair's 1st Act: Ending 'Scourge' Of DEI

    Andrew N. Ferguson made his first public act as the Federal Trade Commission's new Republican chairman Wednesday by ordering the end of all agency diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and declaring that the "scourge" of DEI is over at the FTC.

  • January 23, 2025

    Conflict Limits 1 Lawyer On Javice Team As Trial Date Slips

    A lawyer defending Charlie Javice on charges she swindled JPMorgan Chase into paying $175 million for a financial aid startup she founded will be limited in representing her, a Manhattan federal judge said Thursday, before pushing trial back a week.

  • January 23, 2025

    Khan Leaving The Federal Trade Commission By Jan. 31

    Federal Trade Commission member Lina M. Khan has said she'll leave the agency by the end of the month, stepping down after President Donald Trump's inauguration enshrined her demotion from chair to line commissioner.

  • January 23, 2025

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP clinched some of the largest deals of 2024 for big-name clients as diverse as The Home Depot, Sunoco, Cedar Fair and a consortium that includes Glencore PLC, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2025

    Spotless Brands' Sale Could Make Splash, And More Rumors

    Owners of Spotless Brands are seeking to sell the car-wash operator for $3 billion, while more overseas companies are preparing U.S. initial public offerings, including Chinese self-driving systems maker Inceptio Technologies and Israel-based cryptocurrency trading platform eToro. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • January 23, 2025

    Latham-Led Brookfield Buying Divvy Homes For $1B

    A Brookfield private real estate fund has agreed to acquire Divvy Homes' property portfolio and platform for approximately $1 billion, with an expected close in mid-February, the companies announced Wednesday. 

  • January 23, 2025

    Baker Botts Adds DOJ Atty Who Led Airline Merger Challenge

    The former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust attorney who led the agency's successful challenge to a proposed merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines has joined Baker Botts LLP as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office.

  • January 23, 2025

    Holland & Knight Adds Davis Wright's Ex-Managing Partner

    Holland & Knight LLP has added a corporate and venture capital attorney who last year stepped down as Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's managing partner, the firm announced Thursday.

  • January 23, 2025

    Greenlight CLO Rejoins Nelson Mullins As Corporate Co-Chair

    The former chief legal officer at family-oriented personal finance company Greenlight Financial Technology Inc. has rejoined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Atlanta to co-chair the firm's corporate practice group.

  • January 23, 2025

    Bain Matches CC Capital's Rival Bid For Insignia Financial

    Bain Capital has submitted a revised bid of more than $1.9 billion for Australia's Insignia Financial Ltd., matching an earlier revised offer submitted by fellow U.S. private equity firm CC Capital Partners just days ago, Insignia said Thursday.

  • January 22, 2025

    American, JetBlue Ink $1.9M Atty Fee Deal After Antitrust Loss

    A Massachusetts federal judge signed off Tuesday on a settlement requiring American Airlines and JetBlue to cover $1.9 million worth of legal fees that a group of state attorneys general spent successfully challenging the two airlines' Northeast Alliance joint venture as anticompetitive.

  • January 22, 2025

    Del. Justices Probe $10.4B Anaplan-Thoma Bravo Deal

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday repeatedly asked attorneys what Anaplan Inc.'s officers needed to tell shareholders before they voted on the company's $10.4 billion sale to private equity firm Thoma Bravo, probing what sorts of disclosures would be required under the First State's so-called Corwin doctrine.

  • January 22, 2025

    Former Pioneer CEO Sues FTC Over Exxon Board Block

    The former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, Scott Sheffield, accused the Federal Trade Commission of violating his constitutional rights by barring him from serving on Exxon Mobil Corp.'s board when the agency cleared a $60 billion merger between Exxon and Pioneer.

  • January 22, 2025

    Securities Defense Bar Notched More Dismissals In '24

    Courts threw out more securities class actions last year than they had in years before, reversing a six-year downturn in the number of shareholder suits resolved through settlement or dismissal, according to a Wednesday report by National Economic Research Associates Inc.

  • January 22, 2025

    Waste Co. Says Ex-Director Used Secret Info For Sabotage

    Commercial waste management company RTS has accused a former board director in Delaware Chancery Court of misusing its confidential information and deliberately sabotaging the business to try to force a cheap sale to the ex-director's private equity firm.

  • January 22, 2025

    Pa. Justices Revive Case Over Hospital Care Discontinuation

    Pennsylvania's highest court on Wednesday ruled a trial court had reasonable grounds to halt plans by now-bankrupt hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. to discontinue emergency and acute care services at a Delaware County facility.

Expert Analysis

  • How 5 States' Deal Notification Laws Are Guiding Healthcare

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    Healthcare transaction notification laws at various stages of implementation in California, Illinois, Indiana, Oregon and Washington are shaping sector mergers and acquisitions, with significant transparency, continuity of care and compliance implications as providers tackle complex regulatory requirements, says Melesa Freerks at DLA Piper.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step

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    From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Opinion

    OFAC Sanctions Deserve To Be Challenged Post-Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision opens the door to challenges against the Office of Foreign Assets Control's sanctions regime, the unintended consequences of which raise serious questions about the wisdom of what appears to be a scorched-earth approach, says Solomon Shinerock at Lewis Baach.

  • Behind The Delay Of Final HSR Premerger Filing Rules

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    Erin Toomey at Epiq discusses the wait for the final version of the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger filing requirements that were first introduced in June 2023, the factors that might be behind the delay, and how to plan for the potential data-focused rule change

  • Why FDIC Banks May Want To Consider Fed Membership

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    With the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. recently ratcheting up bank supervision and proposing idiosyncratic new policies, state-chartered nonmember banks may want to explore the benefits of becoming Federal Reserve members and consider practical steps to make the switch, say Max Bonici and Connor Webb at Venable.

  • Opinion

    The FTC Needs To Challenge The Novo-Catalent Deal

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    Novo's acquisition of Catalent threatens to substantially lessen competition in the manufacturing and marketing of GLP-1 diabetes and obesity drugs, and the Federal Trade Commission should challenge it under a vertical theory of harm, as it aligns with last year's merger guidelines and the Fifth Circuit decision in Illumina, says attorney David Balto.

  • Series

    Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Preparing For Increased Scrutiny Of Tech Supply Chains

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    The U.S. Department of Commerce's recent action prohibiting sales of a Russia-based technology company's products in the U.S. is the first determination under the information technology supply chain rule, and signals plans to increase enforcement of protections that target companies in designated foreign adversary jurisdictions, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • SVB Ch. 11 Shows Importance Of Filing Proof Of Claim Early

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    After a New York bankruptcy court’s recent ruling in SVB’s Chapter 11 case denied late claims filing requests related to post-bar date events, parties with potential claims against a debtor may need to seriously consider filing protective proofs of claim, says Kyle Arendsen at Squire Patton.

  • Del. Dispatch: 27.6% Stockholder Not A Controller

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Sciannella v. AstraZeneca — which found that the pharma giant, a 26.7% stockholder of Viela Bio Inc., was not a controller of Viela, despite having management control — shows that overall context matters when challenging transactions on breach of fiduciary duty grounds, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Healthcare's PE Boom

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    While an influx of capital may provide access to new resources and innovative technologies, the private equity model's method of funding may be fundamentally at odds with patient-first healthcare, and in recent years that inherent tension has gotten ugly, say Eva Gunasekera and Jaclyn Tayabji at Tycko & Zavareei.

  • Opinion

    A Way Forward For The US Steel-Nippon Deal And Union Jobs

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    Parties involved in Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel should trust the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing a key environmental settlement to supervise a way of including future union jobs and cleaner air for the city of Pittsburgh as part of a transparent business marriage, says retired judge Susan Braden.

  • Opinion

    Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.

  • A Look At State AGs Supermarket Antitrust Enforcement Push

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    The ongoing antitrust intervention by state attorneys general in the proposed Kroger and Albertsons merger suggests that states are straying from a Federal Trade Commission follow-on strategy in the supermarket space, which involved joining federal investigations or lawsuits and settling for the same divestment remedies, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

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